The Lady from Zagreb

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Synopsis

In this Edgar® Award-nominated novel in Philip Kerr’s New York Times bestselling series, former detective and unwilling SS officer Bernie Gunther is on the hunt for a beautiful femme fatale...

Berlin, 1942. Three players take the stage. The first, a gorgeous actress—the rising star of a giant German film company controlled by the Propaganda Ministry. The second, the very clever, very dangerous Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels—a close confidant of Hitler, ambitious schemer, and flagrant libertine. Finally, there's Bernie Gunther—a former Berlin homicide bull now forced to run errands at the Propaganda Minister’s command.

When Goebbels tasks Bernie with finding the woman the press have dubbed **“the German Garbo,” **his errand takes him from Zurich to Zagreb to the killing fields of Croatia. It is there that Bernie finds himself in a world of mindless brutality where everyone has a hidden agenda—perfect territory for a true cynic whose instinct is to trust no one.

The Lady From Zagreb

Philip Kerr's has once again placed Bernie Gunther in a series of impossible situations that he navigates using his personal compass of right vs wrong vs reality vs compromise. Love doesn't always conquer all. The Usual Suspects, esp Joey Goebbels, appear in strikingly personal form that does not hide their self-serving manipulations. An eye opener re: poor Yugoslavia is pivotal. I shared this book aloud with my husband as we have all the previous Bernie series. We can only offer our highest praise.